‘Saturday Night Live’ Tackles Aaron Rodgers’ Controversial COVID Stance, Dionne Warwick Cameos – Variety
“Saturday Night Live” returned with its second batch of all-new episodes on Nov. 6 and once again, COVID-19 was the hot topic for the cold open sketch. Specifically this time, the NBC late-night sketch comedy series parodied NFL player Aaron Rodgers’ controversial comments and anti-vaccination stance and also included new cast member James Austin Johnson’s impression of Donald Trump.
Played by Pete Davidson, this fictional version of Rodgers appeared on “Justice with Jeanine Pirro,” with Cecily Strong of course reprising her beloved role as Pirro. He joined her remotely to discuss how the “woke mob” is now coming after him.
“It’s my body and my COVID. I can give it to whoever I want,” he tried to argue. He also said he never lied about his status, noting that he took all of hi...